Practice update to optimise the performance and interpretation of blood cultures: 2022

N. S. Papavarnavas; A. J. Brink; S. Dlamini; S. Wasserman; A. Whitelaw; N. A.B. Ntusi; M. Mendelson

doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i6.16537

Practice update to optimise the performance and interpretation of blood cultures: 2022

N. S. Papavarnavas, A. J. Brink, S. Dlamini, S. Wasserman, A. Whitelaw, N. A.B. Ntusi, M. Mendelson

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Blood cultures are an important diagnostic and antibiotic stewardship tool to aid in treatment, monitoring and prognosis of patients with infection. This guideline is intended to update our 2010 guideline on the optimal use of blood cultures. Since then, there have been significant changes to the definitions of sepsis, guidance on the number of blood cultures recommended per draw, central and peripheral line blood cultures, advances in mitigating culture contamination, updates on the indications for blood cultures, and guidance on performance of follow-up cultures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	397-402
Number of pages	6
Journal	South African Medical Journal
Volume	12
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i6.16537
Publication status	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

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